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1 Samuel 14:14

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That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow’s length in an acre of land.

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1 Samuel 14:14 in other translations

And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow’s length in an acre of land.

1 Samuel 14:14 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 14:14 in context

  1. 12The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, “Come up to us, and we will show you something!”
    Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
  2. 13Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armor bearer killed them after him.
  3. 14That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow’s length in an acre of land.
  4. 15There was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the raiders, also trembled; and the earth quaked, so there was an exceedingly great trembling.
  5. 16The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away and scattered.